Al 2 O 3 has been incorporated in the nanosize ZnO (Al/ZnO) thin film to enhance its sensitivity ðR air =R C2H5OH Þ to C 2 H 5 OH vapour. It is found that the Al/ZnO thin film has a high sensitivity (420), which is much greater than the plain ZnO by at least 50%. The speciation of zinc in the Al/ZnO thin films during detection of C 2 H 5 OH (200 ppm) has also been studied by in situ X-ray absorption near edge structure (XANES) spectroscopy. The least-square fitted XANES spectra indicate that the main zinc species in the thin film are bulky ZnO (4100 nm) (5%) and nanosize ZnO (95%). At the temperature of 300 K, during sensing of C 2 H 5 OH, a small amount of Zn(OH) 2 (7%) is formed in the thin film. The chemical interaction between C 2 H 5 OH and ZnO has also been found by in situ extended X-ray absorption fine structure (EXAFS) spectroscopy. The bond distance of Zn-O is decreased to 1.93 Å during sensing of C 2 H 5 OH, which may be caused by the electron donating to ZnO during adsorption of C 2 H 5 OH (C 2 H 5 HO ! Zn-O). In the absence of C 2 H 5 OH, the Zn-O bond distance is restored to 1.92 Å .
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